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Ekaterina Filatov
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PhD candidate at UBC, supervised by Dr. Francis Lynn. Studying islet transplantation.
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Applications for MCSA are up 64%! 50% now come from outside the EU. Trump effect?

The European Research market just got a hell of a lot more crowded.

EU should turn on the tap

marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/msca-po...
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 receives record number of 17,058 proposals
This year’s annual MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships call has attracted considerable interest from the research community with 17,058 proposals submitted.
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu
October 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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🧵(3/4) end of Oct 2025.
2) From Dr. Megan Levings
"Lactic acid improves Treg manufacturing and in vivo function" PMID: 41146876
www.cell.com/molecular-th...
Lactic acid improves Treg manufacturing and in vivo function
Addition of lactic acid to a human Treg manufacturing protocol enhanced viability, expansion, purity, and suppressive function. Lactic acid also reduced tonic CAR signaling, preventing expression of e...
www.cell.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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🧵(3/4) For the first half of October 2025
Labs of Drs. Francis Lynn, James Shapiro and Tatsuya Kin
"Truncated CD19 as a selection marker for the isolation of stem cell derived β-cells"
PMID: 41048051
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
October 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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🧵(2/4) For the first half of October 2025
Lab of Dr. Bruce Verchere with Dr. Yi-Chun Chen
"Assessment of protein synthesis rate enables metabolic profiling of resident-immune cells of the islets of Langerhans"
PMID: 41063994
www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...
Frontiers | Assessment of protein synthesis rate enables metabolic profiling of resident-immune cells of the islets of Langerhans
Pancreatic islet-resident immune cells, such as lymphocytes and macrophages, support islet homeostasis, beta cell development, and tissue repair. In patholog...
www.frontiersin.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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🧵(1/4) For the first half of October 2025 we have 3 publications from the CIRTN labs🍁. These papers are from the groups of Drs. Bruce Verchere, Yi-Chun Chen, Francis Lynn, James Shapiro, Tatsuya Kin and Guy Rutter!
October 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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September 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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🧵(2/3) Cont' beginning of Sept 2025:
2) “Glycerol and glycerol-3-phosphate: multifaceted metabolites in metabolism, cancer and other diseases” PMID: 40927981
3) “Osteocalcin has many tricks to get γ-carboxylated” PMID: 40913186
Links in last thread
September 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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🧵(1/3) Our first post highlighting publications coming from CIRTN groups (first half of September 2025)! We have works from the labs of Drs. Marc Prentki, Timothy Kieffer and Mathieu Ferron.
1)“From β soloist to endocrine symphony: Subtype-complete islets conduct glucose harmony” PMID 40912231
September 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Our post highlighting studies from the first half of September from the CIRTN labs will come out next week, so stay tuned!
September 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Hello! Welcome to the CIRTN-R2FIC BlueSky account! Our group focuses on researching pancreatic islet biology and pathology related to islets such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Here you will find bi-weekly updates from the scientists from across Canada that make up CIRTN-R2FIC.
September 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM